River Monster

May 15, 1985

MIRI, MALAYSIA — A neck as big as a 40-gallon drum. A head like a cow. Eyes like electric light bulbs. The news agency Bernama reported Tuesday that this is the description witnesses gave of the Lawas Monster which inhabits the Lawas River in the state of Sarawak on Borneo Island. The first sighting was reported several months ago. The theory of wildlife experts: The creature is a tropical, hippo-like mammal called a dudong or sea cow, rare to the area.